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Friday: Bygone Comedy Greats

Since reading Elizabeth McCracken’s Niagara Falls All Over Again — a stunning novel about a comedy duo at the twilight of the vaudeville era — I’ve been […]

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This Week in Movies

Canyon Cinema 50 @ Lightbox Film Center | Wednesday, December 13 This program of short films pays tributes to 50 years of experimental and avant […]

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Let’s All Go to the Movies This Week

E.T. @ FringeArts | Wednesday, June 28 A child hides an invasive biological specimen from the authorities, putting himself and the entire community at risk […]

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Wednesday: Secret Cinema Delivers Famous Films

Usually, Jay Schwartz of Secret Cinema likes to dig deep in his archives to come up with obscure gems that would otherwise never see the […]

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9 Things to Do This Week: Movies, Flowers, Comedy

Queerspace @ Tattooed Mom | Wednesday, March 8 This variety show promises “art, performance, bravery, panache and trash” while you drink beer and eat waffle […]

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Secret Cinema Presents Outside the Wall, a Prison Film Shot in Eastern State Penitentiary…at Eastern State Penitentiary

What could be cooler than watching a locally shot prison (and parole) film from inside the very same prison where it was shot 66 years […]

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Secret Cinema Returning Following Founder’s Bike Accident

Secret Cinema, Philly’s gem of an underground screening series dedicated to showing rare and classic films in 16mm on a giant screen—has been on hiatus since last […]